A robot that follows you around the house may sound a little strange at first. Yet Colin Angle, the cofounder of iRobot and one of the people behind Roomba, is betting that the next big home robot may ...

Amazon is rolling out its next-generation warehouse robots that respond to natural language. The tech giant has laid off thousands of corporate workers amid plans to invest in AI. "Our experience of ...

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There is an old English adage, ‘If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.’ For decades the politicians in Nepal continued to dig deep with impunity, it took the Gen- Z generation movement to ...

Colin Angle put the Roomba in millions of homes by giving it a simple job: cleaning the floor. Now, the longtime iRobot CEO wants his next home robot to do something harder to measure. His new startup ...

The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around your home and adapts to your ...

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The Steve Jobs of robot vacuum cleaners is ready to unveil his next chapter. It’s an expressive, furry, doe-eyed creature with huge paws and a dog-like demeanor. He hopes you’ll want to take it home, ...

Colin Angle's new startup, based in Woburn, has created a small, bear-like robot that can interact with people. (This video has no sound.) (Video courtesy of Familiar Machines & Magic) Colin Angle, ...

What better day than May 4 — known as Star Wars Day among fans of the franchise — to unveil a robot that aspires to hang with humans as comfortably as C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8? Robotics entrepreneur ...

At this point, most home robots are either glorified vacuums or far-off concepts that may never become commercially available. However, we just got a look at a new home companion robot potentially ...

Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence Inc., a provider of artificial intelligence software for robots. The social media giant announced the deal today without disclosing the ...